As above seem to have lost the last post in the problems PF has been having so lets start again!

Re-shelling my XR3i, although it looks quite clean, its pretty rough underneath and needs floor pans, sills, cross member amongst other things! Here it is before:





And now:



And this is the shell its getting built into:









After looking at loads of shoddy ones, this was perfect for what I was after. a solid 1.1 Bonus, no sunroof, unusual colour and best of all it cost £30! It didnt concern me that the doors, bonnet and tailgate were fecked as I was using the XR ones anyway. Apart from that shell is superb, never been welded, absolutely mint battery tray etc! Few wee bits of welding but its all gettin cut out and done properly so it doesn't rust again.

I'm going for a complete 90 spec RS Turbo replica but keeping the original colour which is Matisse Blue, its gonna be running a 1600 EFi for a while, (till I finish Uni and then its gettin turbo'd or zetec'd).

And some photo's of the strip down:















And then, my wee run about while the Bonus is being built:



Cheers for looking and any comments welcome.

Rosco